Artists
- Karita Mattilasoprano
- Ville Matvejeffpiano
Archived Event
Brahms, Wagner, Berg and Strauss
Karita Mattila soprano; Ville Matvejeff piano
- Date
- Sat 06 May 2017, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Johannes Brahms1833-1897
- Zigeunerlieder Op. 103
- Richard Wagner1813-1883
- Wesendonck Lieder
- Alban Berg1885-1935
- 4 Lieder Op. 2
- Richard Strauss1864-1949
- Der Stern Op. 69 No. 1
- Wiegenlied Op. 41 No. 1
- Meinem Kinde Op. 37 No. 3
- Ach Lieb, ich muss nun scheiden Op. 21
- Wie sollten wir geheim sie halten Op. 19 No. 4
- Acht Gedichte aus 'Letzte Blätter' Op. 10:
- Allerseelen No. 8
- Cäcilie Op. 27 No. 2
Overview
With her irresistible onstage presence,dramatic persona and voice of jaw-droppingflexibility and beauty, Karita Mattila belongsto the company of today’s finest singers.
The Finnish lyric soprano, among the greatinterpreters of Richard Strauss, prefaces aselection of the composer’s impassionedsongs with Alban Berg’s innovative VierLieder Op. 2, works which stretch the boundsof tonality in search of heightened emotionalexpression.
She opens her recital withBrahms’s high-spirited Zigeunerlieder andWagner’s sublime Wesendonck Lieder.